BACKGROUND We have recently found that 3 repeated doses (12×106each) of c-kitPOScardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) were markedly more effective than a single dose of 12×106cells in alleviating postinfarction left ventricular dysfunction and remodeling. …

We tested the hypothesis that melatonin prevents brain death (BD) tissue extract (BDEX)-induced cardiac damage by suppressing inflammatory damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) signaling in rats. Six hours after BD induction, levels of a DAMP …

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: Quercetin, a flavonoid, has been reported to ameliorate cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiac hypertrophy. However, the mechanism is not completely understood. In this …

Sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response to infection, is the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU). Previous studies indicated that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) might have therapeutic potential against sepsis. The current study was …

Increasing evidence shows that diabetes causes cardiac dysfunction.We hypothesized that a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog, liraglutide, would attenuate cardiac dysfunction in diabetic rats. A total of 24 Sprague--Dawley (SD) rats were divided into …

Intraoperative imaging of lymphatic vessel using ultra high-frequency ultrasound …

3D rendered photoacoustic image of the mouse kidney and spleen. … … Photoacoustic image of mouse spleen and kidney …

Imaging corneal biomechanical changes or abnormalities is important for better clinical diagnosis and treatment of corneal diseases. We propose a novel ultrasound-basedmethod, called ocular pulse elastography (OPE), to image corneal deformation during the …

Numerous experimental studies have supported the evidence that 2-methoxyestradiol (2 ME) is a biologically active metabolite that mediates multiple effects on the cardiovascular system, largely independent of the estrogen receptor. 2 ME is a major …

Arterial stiffness plays a causal role in development of systolic hypertension. 20-hydroxyeicosatetraeonic acid (20-HETE), a cytochrome P450 (CYP450)-derived arachidonic acid metabolite, is known to be elevated in resistance arteries in hypertensive …